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We were taught that World War II broke out in 1939.
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Vocabulary list

wareware
pronoun
  1. we
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
dainijitaisen
noun
  1. Second World War; World War II; WWII; WW2
dainiji
noun
  1. the second ...
daini
noun, no adjective
  1. second
dai
prefix
  1. prefix for forming ordinal numbers
niji
no adjective, noun
  1. second
noun or verb acting prenominally
  1. secondary
  2. quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
ni
numeric
  1. two (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
ji
prefix
  1. next
  2. hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)
counter
  1. order; sequence; time; times
taisen
noun
  1. great war; great battle
  2. world war
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
senkyuuhyakusanjuukyuunen
senkyuuhyakusanjuukunen
  1. one thousand nine hundred and thirty nine years; 1,939 years
nen
noun
  1. year
counter
  1. counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)
noun
  1. period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
okoru

Plain Past Indicative Form

okotta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to occur; to happen
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
oshieru

Potential Plain Past Indicative Form

oshierareta

Passive Plain Past Indicative Form

oshierareta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to teach; to instruct
  2. to tell; to inform
  3. to preach

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